The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1944-08-24

              mherst News-Times HE VOL. XXVI, NUMBER 34 AMHERST, OHIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1944 THE SANDSTONE CENTER OF THE WORLD Three Local Men Are In Training Together At Buckley Field, Colorado , -1 ' ..'',.. it i - 'v , 7; . ! i ., put C" i w-- ' 1 M - .. -I r i . ,. .3 Committees Give Recommendations For Peace Day Plans Tentative plans for special church services two hours after word of peace in Europe is received, and tentative plans for a parade, band concert, and street dancing, were approved this week for recommendation to the over-all committee as sub-committees met this week to formulate a schedule of Peace-Day activities. Recommendations of the sub Shown above in the front row of about 120 in the shade (if you are Pvt. Wayne Spidell, son of Mr. can find any). He is stationed and Mrs. B. J. Spidell, 464 North about a mile above sea level and Main Street and Pvt. Tom Simp- says a good many of the fellows son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas suffered nose 'bleed the first few Simpson, 817 Cleveland Avene, 1 days there, and second row right is Pvt. Jer-1 Wayne says that coming back ry Wilhelm, helm R. D. son of John 2 Amherst. Wil- from town one day they came to With ; a park where there was some them are two, friends a, camp, named Smith and Jovrak. Stationed at Buckley Field, Colorado, Spidell writes that he thinks Colorado is very beautiful and can see its high mountains in the distance from camp. He says its been pretty hot there lately with a temperature treon grass and all the fellows laid down on it as it was such a treat after .seeing nothing but dirt, dust, and sage brush. His basic training is about fin-inshed now and he is taking up radio-mechanics. He expects to be transferred to another, station soon. Don Schieferstein. Home On Furlough From South Pacific Having charge of fuel oil, fresh water and the refrigeration system on the L.S.T.-254 is the job of Donald Schieferstein, who .is now home on an 18-day leave after being overseas seven months. Besides seeing quite a bit of the world he has also seen both the East and West coastline of the United States. In all his journeys he has J seen only one fellow he knew, and that was a former Amherst fellow, Bill Timely, whom he saw In New Orleans. While overseas he had several liberties in Honolulu. He was really disappointed as the Hawaiian and Waikikl are not what they are cracked up to be. "On May 21, while we were In Pearl Harbor, I was plenty close to the gas explosion that happened," Kelly said, "too close for comfort." Schlefertseln has been in the service two years and reports back to San Pedro, California. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schieferstein, Elyrla Avenue. Km -"- A. J. Harsar To Get Purple Heart Mrs. Esther Harsar, Leavitt Rd., has received word that her son, Albert Joseph Harsar, fireman on the destroyer Meredith, which was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of France, has been awarded the Purple Heart Medal. The Meredith was hit while on early morninppartol about three miles off the coast of Normandy. Harsar was in the forward engine room when the torpedo struck and was knocked uncon scious and severely burned by steam when the pipes bursted. In a letter to his mother recently he stated that he had been transfer red from England and expects to return to the States. Cpl. Bob Mihuta, who Is stationed at North Camp Hood, Texas, writes a short note to send greetings to all his friends and to express his gratitude for the military news, which he says is a great benefactor to those who have lost contact with their friends and classmates. Wayne Slack, Sic, is spending a two-weeks leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Slack. He has Just returned from a trip to the British hies. Prisoner Of War Report Confirmed Mr. end Mrs. Leo Armstrong, 252 Elyrla Avenue, received a message from the War Depart ment Tuesday confirming the an nouncement which was made by radio on August 9 that Pvt. Leo Armstrong is a prisoner of the Germans. Armstrong was reported miss ing in action in France, July 6, and soon afterwards friends of the Armstrongs heard the short wave broadcast saying that he was a prisoner of war. Pfc. Nelson H. Barnhart, son of Mr. and Mrs, Dave Barnhart, R.D. 1, arrived Tuesday on a 13-day furlough, from Maxton Air Base', North Carolina. His wife Evelyn Rahl Barn hart is livln gon Bronston Avenue, Elyrla, during Pvt. Barnhart's absence in the service. The new address of Leroy Holl, AOM, Is Casu. A., Division O, c-o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. committees set up for Civilian Defense members, the churches, and entertainment will be presented ot the general committee, headed by Mayor H. J. Kane, at a meeting in the town hall tonight (Thursday). Meeting last Thursday night at the call of Mayor Kane, representatives of church, fraternal, end civic organizations elected Mayor Kane as permanent chairman. Discussion of general plans was followed by the appointment by Mayor Kane of committees to work out recommendations for the guidance of the larger group. Rev. J. H. Bollens and Rev. R. C. Bosse were requested to meet with other ministers to formulate plans for church services and to decide what hours churches would be open on Peace Day the day when the European War ends. In a meeting this week, attend ed by all local ministers except Father J. H. Smith and Rev. E. J. Sanderson who were out of town, it was decided that the churches wouk, Recommend the following procedures, subject to the desires of the absent ministers: The churches will be open all day following the announcement that the war in Europe was at an end. Two hours after the siren announcing the news, there will be special church services. If the I news comes through between 11 m. and, 6 a. m., the services will be held at 8:00 o'clock in the morning. Otherwise.Ahe services will follow the siren by two hours. Appointed on a program com mittee were Jack Koontz, Harry Earl, John Sharp, Walter Moe- bius, Mrs. Walter Moeblus, Mrs. Thomas Bruce, and Mrs. S. G. Wettrich. Recommendations of the com mittee to be reported to the gen eral committee include a street parade by everyone in the community, a band concert at the town hall, and possibly a street dance. Plans call for the parade, to be led by the high school band, to form at the town hall one hour after the siren signal. All residents of the community are to be urged to participate with the par ade to last, if participants desire, until time for the church services, If the parade end church ser vices are held in the evening, they will be followed immediately by the concert. If the news comes through in the morning, plans call for the concert to be held in the evening at 7:30. Recommendations of the program committee also called for more emphasis on the church services and prayers for the day, with the program planned merely to channelize exuberant feelings which will be natural when the European peace Is declared. Blood Donors Are Needed At Mobile Unit Next Week Amherst Drops To Seventh Place In Scrap Collections Reports released this week by the Lorain County Council of Defense through W. G. Nord, Amherst, Salvage Chairman, place Amherst in seventh plane in the county for scrap collected during July. Local scrap collected was seven tons or 86.5 per cent of the quota which places Amherst in seventh place. While the collection was one ton over the June collection, oth er communities came up in ton-j nage thereby setting the village 'back to seventh place. First place for the month goes to Eaton Township with Hunting Township a close second. Club Discusses it In France and the push from - , in South growing in intensity Hospital 1TOieCt y, there is a resultant needi F J With the opening of the second front In France and the push from the daily, for more and more blood plasma. Members of the Rotary Club The Red Cross mobile blood ; meeting for their weekly lun- bank will be in Lorain on Wed-' cneon jn the Methodist Church nesday and Thursday, August 30, on Monday, devoted their busi-and 31, for the convenience of ! ness meeting to a discussion of those who wish to give to this plans for the proposed additions life line for the boys. j to the Amherst Hospital building. On August 30th the bank will pjrst proposed some months be open from 2 to 6 p. m. and on ag0 ag a project for the club, the second day, from 10 a. m. to nothing definite had been de-2 p.m. tcided pending receipt of archi- Transportation will be provid-; tect's drawings. Members of the ed for anyone not having a was hospital board had approved House on Cleveland Purchased by Local Post on Wednesday Purchase of a dwelling on Cleveland Avenue to be used as a permanent home for the Elmer Johnson Post of the American Legion was completed this week by members of the local post as a culmination of several months of planning. Increased membership of the local post, and the further expansion of membership rolls anticipated when men now in service come home, has led to a definite need for permanent quarters, members said. i Occupancy of the new building t i i 1 O 1 i'wil1 teke place in the very near lioiler Ana stouer Material For Light Plant Is Allocated Installation of boilers and stokers will be completed in the Amherst Electric Light Plant by April 1 of next year it was announced this week by Sam Wragg, president of the Board of Public Affairs. The announcement was made' following allocation of materials to the Riley Stoker Co., by thc ! fund War Production Board. The ma terials and equipment will be shipped here around the last of January and work will start as future. No large scale remodeling is contemplated at the present time, although future desires may point out the need for some rearrangement. No purchase price was announced.Funds for the purchase of the building will be obtained through a drive among members and in the community. Members of the post will be given shares of stock, at a par of $25, for contributions to the fund, and others in the whole community, whether members of the American Legion or not, may contribute toward the Pledges among Legion to go. Call 6041 and a car will j preliminary plans and sketches ' soon as possible, it was said call for you. Three hundred pints ; and architects were employed to are needed at this time and it is draw up detailed blueprints and hoped the quota can be met. Prize Winner In Last Year's Fair ;ill Enter Again Mrs. Orion O. Stilgenbauer, of Amherst, carried home four first i ntuiJMPtpeoy(i&a&Mt nriz rihhnns. in addition to cash 0 5 A VF. THIS PAPER $ i specifications. A. Nabakowski, chairman of the Rotary committee on the project, presented a perspective and layout views to the club and stated that he desired to have his committee meet as soon as pos-jsible with members of the hos-Ipital board to obtain their ap-1 proval and cooperation on plans for the drive for funds. New Equipment Is Granted At the regular meeting of the Lorain County Farm Rationing Committee, the following pieces of farm machinery end equipment were released to Amherst farmers: corn pickers, Melvin H. Kol-be, R. W. end A. A. Hasenpflug, Route 2, Amherst Miss Dorothy Moff, Cleveland, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Moff, 188 'Elyrla Ave. money, in The Gas Company s 1943 Home Canning Fair. Asked by Betty Newton, Home Service Adviser of The Gas Company, if she planned to enter exhibits this year, she said, "Yes. indeed, and this year I'm going to enter many more classifications than I did last year." The Gas Company's Home Canning Fair offers $60 In cash prizes and 132 first, second and third prize ribbons to local home can- i : ii ners. Exnimiors may oring men entries to the local Gas Company office at any time between September 5th and September 13th, inclusive. There are no entrance fees, none of the jars on exhibition will be opened for judging, and all jars will be returned Intact to the exhibitors. Any customer of The Ohio Fuel Gas ompany, except employees and their families, ere eligible to enter. Complete details of the rules, classifications and prizes may be obtained, in printed form, at The Gas Company. and ALL OTHER PAPERS for THE SCRAP DRIVE. An additional $28,000, deemed necessary for completion, oi Tne plant and requested by local officials recently, has been allo cated and is being held in a reserve fund until needed. Only such part of the additional grant, representing 45 of the amount needed and subject to the town's raising the 65, as is actually needed will be used, it was stated. Circle Five Meets With Mrs. Young Circle Five of the Women's Guild of St. Peter's Evangelical-Reformed Church met in the home of Mrs. Edward Young last week for a tureen dinner. Mrs. Mary Worcester was theco-hostess. Plans were made to meet with Mrs. George Schieferstein in September with Mrs. J. C. Herr the assistant hostess. The sold ier of the month chosen was Ray mond Kreeger. Mrs. J. H. Bollens, Mrs. Charles Mollison, and Mrs. Nellie Weiss were contest winners. The group then knit for the Red Cross. Guests at the meeting were Rev. J. H. Bollens, Mrs. Ella Dute, Mrs. Charles Mollison and Mrs. Amelia Parrenhege of Bunswick. Deputy Speaks At j Grange Meeting When the Hickory Tree Grange met last week Deputy and Mrs. Frank Mason of Rldgeville were speakers. Initiation of three candidates in the third and fourth degree was also a highlight of the evening. Deputy Mason stated that if each grange in Lorain county would get six new members the total enrollment for the county would be 2000. Mrs. Mason spoke in tegard to the juvenile grange. For the initiation Norma Wav- rick was pianist and 'Mrs. Wil liam Ruth and Mrs. Frank Moehle were vocalists. The degree team was also chosen. Mrs. Fred Her mann and Miss Laura Bor ringer were flag bearers. In the "Harvest" march were John Sablers, Mrs. Ed Stang, Frank Urlg, Miss Marian Knittle, David Woodlngs, Mrs. Mary Knittle, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ficht and Mrs. Edward Young. Two tableaux, a harvest and a home scene, were put on by Mrs. David Woodlngs, and Mrs. Edna Slumska, with Joseph Malaspina In charge of lighting. In two weeks the meeting of the Juvenile grange will resume after the summer recess. Inspec tion date was set for October 5. Overseas Mailing Rules Changed Changes and modifications in the postal laws relating to package mailings to men and women I in service overseas were announc ed by the local postoffice this week. Under present rulings of thei Assistant Postmaster General, small packages not exceeding eight ounces in weight may still be sent overseas without a specific request providing they contain neither foodstuffs nor candy. Small packages, weighing less than the eight ounces, were excluded in the postal regulations of March, 1943, which provided that all packages for overseas mailing should be requested for. These small parcels were left out in order to permit the sending of small essential articles. However, so many small packages containing candy and foodstuffs were Included in the mails that facilities for transportation were overburdened. Moreover, according to the latest regulations, many of the parcels were not properly wrapped with the attendant damage in transit. The new regulations are in accord with requests of the War Department Packages weighing over eight ounces may still contain candy or foodstuffs if the articles have been specifically requested, "of ficials said. members to date amounts to more than $1400. The campaign for the building fund will commence immediately, members said, with collections under the direction of a special committee appointed this week. Plans for personal calls on po- itential donors were approved, as well as plans for accepting volunteer contributions. Members of the fund raising committee are Franklin Moebius, ' Ralph Prittie, Merrill Walker, Clyde Donnelly, and Hugh Tompkins.Although purchased prlmarly for members of the Legion and the Auxiliary, the Home will be available to the community at various times. Members pointed out that the Post is vitally interested in the welfare of the community and its resources have always been available for the betterment of the town and community as a whole. Eighty-three members are now enrolled in the local post with the acceptance last week of the membership of Claude Hamel. All men in service are eligible for membership and it is expected that membership here will increase to a large degree when present servicemen return home. The quota for the past year was 50. Local Post Office To Be Repainted Plans for paintmg the local postoffice were revealed this week with the announcement that bids are being sought for the work. Calling for redecorating of all painted surfaces, the bids will be opened August 30 at the postoffice, Painting will start as soon thereafter as possible. Bid forms and all information may be obtained at the post office. Charles Alfoldy, S2cG.M will arrive home Saturday to spent a ten day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alfoldy, So. Lake St. Auxiliary of Eagles will meet in regular session tonight. Any member wishing to Join "the drill team are asked to come early. Return From Camp Miss Rosemary Wettrich, junior counselor of Girl Scouts, Elaine Rubel, Kathryn Sablers, Betty Grugel, and Lois Schelde, returned yesterday from a ten-days camping at CampIss-See-Kees. The camping period was held under the supervision of Miss M. Huffman, Tjoratn, director of Girl Scouts in this district. Amherst Garden Clubvni meet mthe borne of Mi. E. E. ftater, "Monday evening. , Happy Go Lucky Club Entertained When the Happy Go Lucky Club met last week with Miss Mildred Kaser plans were made for a theatre and dinner party in Cleveland. Winners in the games were June McDermott, Dorothy Walker and Marjorle Lawrence. The table was set with pink and yellow the dominant colors. Lunch was served to June McDermott, Janice Holllngsworth, Dorothy Walker, Betty Wltte, the hostess and one guest MarjoHe Lawrence. Miss Walker will entertain In two weeks.